WI: Pepsi Takes Over the Guatemalan Government

General Ripper

Banned
TRH said:
"You're going to have to answer to the Coca-Cola Company."

- Colonel "Bat" Guano, as he removed the sitting President from office for his support of Pepsi's imperialist efforts in Latin America. The new "Cola Junta" would then declare war on the pro-Pepsi USSR, ultimately resulting in World War 3.
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Yeah, sorry, I stand corrected.:)
 
Kerguelen

Kerguelen

Chiquita Banana got slammed by the press in the late 90's for....treating their workers badly. Much of the press at this time isn't that concerned with corporate militarization as long as they obey human rights.
 

Strategos' Risk

If Exxon and other oil companies can take sides in civil wars, they could probably clandestinely get involved in conflicts. So it wouldn't be PepsiCo staff crewing a Pepsi-branded ship. But they can just hire South African mercenaries dressed in anti-government uniforms to do it.
 
Rosa Luxemburg

Rosa Luxemburg

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Strategos' Risk said:
If Exxon and other oil companies can take sides in civil wars, they could probably clandestinely get involved in conflicts. So it wouldn't be PepsiCo staff crewing a Pepsi-branded ship. But they can just hire South African mercenaries dressed in anti-government uniforms to do it.
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Right. Like they could get them to do it and install a leader that would answer to Pepsi only. Honestly, I could see this devolving into a war that involves multiple companies
 
Kerguelen

Kerguelen

This is how I imagine it's going to go down

Pepsi: So we'll give you our submarines and repair your infrastructure if you remain loyal to us.

Guatemalan: Thanks but we don't really need your he-

Pepsi: It's okay. I promise you that we'll win the civil war.

Guatemalan: But-

Pepsi: You're welcome.
 

vizzer

It's a pity sodas aren't transported across the seas in tankers with Pepsi submarines sinking Coke tankers & vice versa.
 

Geon

Donor
Here's am interesting tidbit. In 1955 the CEO of Pepsi was Alfred Steele...and Steele's wife was Joan Crawford! Forget Evita you'd have - Joan!
 

acrsome

As fun as it is to joke about, I'm frankly not thinking that Pepsi would turn into a Soviet proxy. JUST. NOT. GOING. TO. HAPPEN. Having the wars be fantastical versions of the Banana War is probably enough. And then, of course, have Coca-Cola start their own war, too. Then bonus points if they fight against each other. Corporate War, not Cold War, though I could easily envision the Soviets fanning the flames any way they could to make Imperialist Capitalist West look bad.
 
Rosa Luxemburg

Rosa Luxemburg

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acrsome said:
As fun as it is to joke about, I'm frankly not thinking that Pepsi would turn into a Soviet proxy. JUST. NOT. GOING. TO. HAPPEN. Having the wars be fantastical versions of the Banana War is probably enough. And then, of course, have Coca-Cola start their own war, too. Then bonus points if they fight against each other. Corporate War, not Cold War, though I could easily envision the Soviets fanning the flames any way they could to make Imperialist Capitalist West look bad.
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I don't think they would be a Soviet proxy. I do think that if push came to shove, the USSR and the USA would take sides. Or, the Soviets could favor Pepsi, the Chinese could favor Coke, and the US could stay neutral
 

Taloc13

Shadowwolf said:
I imagine Pepsi sales plummet, and Coca Cola would be very happy. The world would not stand by as a corporation literally conquered a country. Now they could support one side and have a very strong "Partnership" with the resulting government. But the world would not stand for a de Jure conquest of a nation by a corporation.
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ahem...
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The Honorable East India Company would like to have several words with you.
 
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